Spain beat Italy 4-0 to win UEFA Euro Cup Football Championship 2012
Spains beat Italy 4-0 in the final to win the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Euro Cup Football Championship 2012 at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, on 1st July 2012. which had earlier defeated Germany 1-0 in 2008 Euro Cup not only defended the title but also created a record by becoming the first team to claim two consecutive titles in tournament’s 52-year long history. Spain and Italy had defeated Portugal and Germany respectively in their semi final matches.
The Important Facts related to UEFA Euro 2012
• Poland-Ukraine jointly hosted the sporting event
• Euro Cup 2012 began on 8 June 2012 and concluded on 1 July 2012
• The winning team received the prize money 7.5 million euro, while the runner-up team got 4.5 million euro as the prize money. Teams which made to semi-finals and quarter-finals received 3 million euro and 2 million euro respectively as prize money.
• The Euro Cup 2016 will take place in France
• A total of 16 countries namely, Poland, Ukraine, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Russia, Portugal, England, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Denmark, Sweden, France, Czech Republic and Republic of Ireland participated in Euro Cup 2012
• The sixteen teams were divided into four groups, A, B, C & D
• Eight cities were selected by UEFA as host venues
• A total of 31 matches were played during Euro 2012, with Ukraine hosting 16 of them and Poland 15
• There were 10 global sponsors of the Euro Cup 2012. The list includes, Adidas, Canon, Castrol, Continental, Orange and Telecommunications, PolskaHyundai-Kia Carlsberg, McDonald's, SHAR
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